Teach Reach Inspire: Elevating Literacy Instruction

Successful coaching requires a great deal of planning, communicating, building relationships, working with all types of adults, and remaining positive even when facing inevitable challenges. Student-Focused Coaching (SFC) is designed to be flexible, versatile, and focused on meeting students’ needs to improve academic outcomes. Although the day-to-day responsibilities may vary for the SFC coach, based on the needs and demands of a particular setting, the focus of the work remains the same—to guide and support the planning and implementation of effective practices to support optimal student progress. 

The objective of this breakout session is to offer a comprehensive overview of specially designed instruction (SDI). Participants will explore essential instructional terminology, key components of SDI, and strategies for effective collaboration and lesson planning. The session will also highlight valuable resources to support educators in implementing SDI in classrooms that cater to students with disabilities. This session is appropriate for all grade bands and focuses with a focus on classrooms that support students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP). By the end of the session, coaches will be equipped with practical knowledge and tools to enhance their support for educators in delivering tailored special education services.

Join us for a deep dive in a product agnostic HQIM unit and lesson internalization overview. We will discuss key practices to make internalization successful for teachers, challenges such as pacing and differentiation, and ways to continue to support teachers as they navigating adopting new curriculum. 

Come learn with us during lunch with MindPlay! MindPlay is an intervention reading software districts use to ensure every student is on a path toward reading proficiency and growth. With a focus on reading intervention, MindPlay's Reading Studio is designed to identify and address areas of opportunity in foundational reading skills. Whether students need support in decoding, fluency, or higher-order comprehension, MindPlay for Intervention includes a unified system to screen, coach, provide focused practice, and progress monitor.

MindPlay will be sponsoring boxed luncheons provided by our local favorite, WD Deli. A vegetarian option will be availableupon request.

This session is intended for any campus leader or instructional coach who wants to improve ways in which they provide feedback to teachers regarding deliver of instruction or classroom management.  Participants will learn the key characteristics of a quality teacher action steps.  Participants will also be introduced to the See It, Name It, Do It Coaching Model identified by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo in his book titled, “Leverage Leadership”.  The end goal for this brief session is to add another coaching method to the instructional coach’s tool set that can be utilized to help teacher’s improve their craft.